WARREN CONNECTICUT – Reflection captured with my Leica Monochrom.
On this day one year ago: Fog.
Sunday December 8, 2013
Category: Landscape
Saturday December 7, 2013
WARREN CONNECTICUT – This is Pearl Harbor Day. I wasted a few hours refreshing my knowledge of the Pacific war. In Marine officers Basic School in Quantico the Pacific campaign was (and is) taught island by island but my knowledge has gotten rusty so I did a self-guided refresher. Here’s a remarkable YouTube video of the landing on Tarawa, the Marines’ first opposed landing in the Pacific with terrible losses and important lessons learned for the rest of the campaign. Names like Tarawa, Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima resonate deeply with me.
Anyway here’s a picture of our house here. Six frames stitched taken with my Leica Monochrom and a 35mm Summicron Asph. lens.
On this day one year ago: FAO Schwartz.
Friday December 6, 2013
NEW YORK NEW YORK – Another rainy day. I spent some time this morning at Thornwillow Press’s shop at the St. Regis ordering Christmas presents for various family members, an experience captured with my Leica Monochrom and 50mm Luxochron lens. Later I took in the crowds at Rockefeller Center in the rain, again with the Monochrom but with my 24mm Summilux lens.
On this day last year: glassware.
Thursday December 5, 2013
NEW YORK NEW YORK – Today is a tale of a 75 year old lens, a 1937 85mm f2.0 Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar. After some significant effort I have finally gotten it to work on my Leica M bodies. Here it is with the statue of Sherman on the Plaza. I’m struggling slightly trying to master this lens (everything is backward on it) so I also shot fog our our window with a conventional Leica 21mm lens to make sure that I got a shot for the day.
On this day last year: 919 Third Avenue.
Tuesday December 3, 2013
NEW YORK NEW YORK – I had a case of shutterrhea today.
On this day last year: Broadway.
Monday December 2, 2013
NEW YORK NEW YORK – I walked up the East River today in my commute home from midtown, shooting with my Leica Monochrom and 35mm Summicron Asph. lens. This is a great, classic focal length on a Leica. Not much going on on the East River though.
On this day last year: Caroling.
Saturday November 30, 2013
WARREN CONNECTICUT – A low energy day. But there was a moment of lovely light in our bathroom here, which I captured with my Leica Monochrom and 18mm Super Elmar lens.
On this day last year: Spin.
